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,~ ;_ '~ FROM LAST .NIGHT'S. LONISON GAZETTE. Downing-street, Dee, 22. • The King ha been pleased to appoint Major-General the lion. Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby to be Peutenitit-Governor of the Island of Malta, and its depettfieneies. Crown Office, Dec. 22., Member* B.eturned to serve in the present Parliament. University of Cambridge.—lle Right Hon, Joh#lngleton Copley, Kw. Borough of Plympton Earle.—. Sir Charles 'Wetherell, of Lin roln's Inn, in the county of Middlesex, I(nt. in the room of the Non. George Edgecninhe,who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. Town and Port of Hastings.—Colonel James Law Lushington, C.B. in the room of Sir William Curtis, Bert., *lto has accepted. Ow Chiltern Hundred& J. EVilyn Denison, Esq. in the room of ... axles Wetherell, Who has accepted the office of his Majesty's AttSt*-General. Borough of Wallingford.--Rchert Knight, blilarrett, in the parish of Wootton Warom, in the county of Warwick, Esq., in the room olGeorge Roberts, Esq., who has accepted the Chiltern Hundred.. Whitehall, Dec. 20. 'tile King has been pleased to giye and grant unto Charles Lyne, of Devonshire-place, in the county of Middlesex, and of.Weymouth, in the county of Dorset. Esq., his Royal licence and authority, that he and his itisisetmay, in testimony of his most grateful and affectionate regard for the memory of his kinsman, the late John James Stephens, Esq. of Lisbon; deceased, take and use the sur name of Stephens, in addition to and after theta Lyne, and bear the arms of Stephens quarterly with those of Lyne, such arms being first duly exemplified. according to the laws of arms, and recorded in• the Heralds' Office, otherwise the said royal licence and per mission.to be void and of none effect. And his Majeety has boen also pleased to common], that the said Royal concesilidi and declaration be registered in his College ‹if . Anus. Whitehall, Dec. 2. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Langley Langton Bullies, of Tattershall, in the county of Lincoln, lieut. to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. Whitehall, Dec..ls. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Joseph Skidmore, of the town of Nottingham, Gent. to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. Whitehall, Dec. 19. 'flip. Lord Chancellor has appointed Roberts Tibbits, of War wick, in the county of Warwick, Gent, to be a Muter Extraor dinary in the High Court of Chancery. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. G. Farr and It R. Yam Bread-street, merchants. r. W. Wright, Dartford, Kent, carpenter. BANKII.UP'fS. J. Chaffey, Bow-street, victualler, to surrender Jan. 5, at ten, 12, it twelve, and Feb. 2, at ten, at the. Court of Commissioners. Young and Gilbert, Mark-lane. -T. James, Nottingham, malteter, Jan. 8,4, and Feb. 2, at eleven, at the George the Fourth Inn, Nottingham. Smith, Be iiinghell-street ; and Peeraon, Nottingham. .1. Cox, Commerce-plate, Brixton-road, chinitman, Dec. 29, at ton, Jan. 5, at one, and Feb. 2, at ten, at the Court of Commis : sioners. Vincent, Bedford -street, Bedford-square. (a'. Rafian, Covent-garden-market, fruit-salesman, Dee. 29, at nine, Jan. 19, at eleven, and Feb. 2, at ten, at the Court of Com. • misaioners. Hughes, Clifford's Inn. W. Mindham, Holt, Norfolk, carpenter, Dec. 29, at eleven, Jan. 6, and Feb. 2, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Sur- Mari, New-square, Lincoln's Inn. • S. James, Nottingham, maltster, Jan. 3,4, and Feb. 2, at eleven, at the George the Fourth Inn, Nottingham. - G. Smith, Baeinghall-street ; anti John Pearson, Nottingham. J. Harris, Sussex-place, Bristol, brick-maker, Jan. 12, 13, and Feb. 2, at one, at the' Commercial Rooms, Bristol. Poole and Co., Gray's Inn-equare ;,aritl Ball and Evans, Bristol. M. Cohen, Devonshire4o44l,yCoininercial-road, Middlesex, paper-stainer, Dec. 29, aiiffig )lin. 2, and Feb. 2, at ten, at the court •of Commiesionees.- lititchison, Crown-court, Thread needle-street. . 1 . Leach, Barnsley, Yorkshire, linen manufacturer, Jan. 2,16, • and,Feb. 2, at eleven, at the Public Office Barnsley. • Menve, Barnsley and Pocock, Bartholomew-Ow. S. R. Dawson, Water-lane, 'Power -street, wine -merchant, Dec. 29, at eleven, Jan. 5, at twelvq,und Fell. 2, at eleven, at the Court of Conamistiouers. Chbnidestun and Murray, London street, Fenciturch-street. . J. F. 14, Weise% gterpedehire, draper, :ban. 5, at six, 6, and Feb. 2, at eleven, at the George Inn, Bewdley, Worcestershire. long and Co., Holborn -court, Gray's Inn ; and Awn), Walsall. C. Pritchard, Walebt-place, Lambeth, plumber, 'Dec. 29, at eleven, Jan. 2, and Feb. 2, at one,. at the Court of Commis fkionel N. Sherwood and Son, Canterhury-sq6are, Southwark. J. Bore, junior, Kidderminster, plumber, Jan. 5,6, and Feb. 2, at eleven, at the Royal Hotel, Birmingham. Ilolme and Co., New Inn ; and Slater, Birmingham. E. Cox, Weditesbury, Staffordshire, corn-factor, Jan. 5,6, and Feb. 2, at eleven, at the Roe Buck Inn, Oxford. T. White, Lin coln's Inn Old-square • and C. Tomes, Oxford. W. Bailey, Helper, Derbyshire, haberdasher, Dec. 30, at three, Jan. 2, and Feb. 2, at eleven, at the George Inn, Bewdley. Ru binson and Son, Dudley. J. Mynn, York-street, Southwark, coal-merchant, Dee. 26, at one, Dee. 29, at twelve, and Feb. 2, at two, at the court of Commissioners. Fisher and Silencer, Walbrook-buildings, Wal brook. . J. Fussell, Stoke4ane, Somersetahire, paper-maker, Jan. 5,6, and Feb. 2, at twelve, at the Somerset Hotel; Wells. G. Ed tnorids, Chineery-lane; and W. 'l'. 11. Phelps, Wells. S. Grafter, Cannon-street, umbrella-manufacturer, Jan. 5, at eleven, Jan. 12, at ten, and Feb. 2, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Ashley and Goodman, Token-house-yard. T. Moorhouse, Sheffield, victualler, Jan. 4,5, and Feb. 2, at two, at the Tontine Inn, Sheffield. A. Duncan, Holborn -court, Grity's , inn ; and H. Broomhead, Sheffield. W. Stamper, Goswell-street, coach-painter, Jan. 5, 16, and Feb. 2, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Brough, Shoreditch. J. Gay, Bristol, carpenter, Jan. 3,4, and Feb. 2, at twelve, at the Rummer Tavern, Bristol. Henderson, Lincoln's Inn fields ; and Taylor, Bristol. W. Coale*, Wildeach, Cambridgeshire, grocer, Dee. 29, Jan. 5, and Feb. 2, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Hind man and Goddard, Baainghall-street. J. M. Robison, Hampstead, wine,merchant, Dec. 29, Jan. 5, at eleven, and Feb. 2, at one, at the Court of Commissioners. Robipson, Walbrook. It. Hilton, Stoken Church, Oxfordshire, butcher, Dec. 29, 'at eleven, Jan. 5, at ten, and Feb. 2, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners. • James and Whitelock, Ely-place, Holborn ; and Cooke, Watlington, Oxford. C. Fisher, Ramagate, chemist, Dec. 29, Jan. 5, at eleven, and Feb. 2, st twelve, at the Court of Commissioners. Smith awl Weir, Cooper's Hall, Basingball-street. It. Batnall, jun. and F'. G. Spilsbury, Leek, Staffordshire, - sitluananufaeturers, Jan. 2, 12, at eleven. and Feb. 2, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. James, Bueklersbury. - DIVIDENDS. W. Cato, W. Little, and W. Irving, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, drapers, Jan. 15, at eleven, ut the Crown and Thistle Inn, New castle-upon-Tyne-I'. 13. Etheredge Norwich, manufacturer, Jan. je, it four, at the Swan Inn, St. Peter of Mancroft, Norwich— M. B. Harvey, Witham, FAsex and J. W. Harvey, Hadleigh-hall, Esser, bankers, Jan. 12, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners —G. Canons, Gray's-Lin,tenet Ilidilesex, merchant, Jan. 12, at eleven, at the Court of Onniviiesintsers—S. Hill, Great Russell street, Middlesex, upholder, Jan Ott • , -.9 at twelve, at the Court of Comtuissionere- 0 . Laing, CoMmereiet Kale Room s , Mincing lane, merchant, Jan. 2, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners— J. Till, I3asinghall-street, woollen-draper, Jan. 16, at eleven, at the Coirrt of Commissioners —T. Hills,' Brom*, manufacturing chemist, Jan. 12, at eleven, at the Court of CoMtnisaionelli--J. Nash, Bristol. auctioneer, Jan. 12, at one, at the Court of Com raiwinners—H. Waddington, Bridge-street, Illackfriats, merchant, Jan. 19, at eleven, at the Court of Commiseioners—n. &farm Chering-eross, victualler, Jan. 12, at ten, at the Court of a lm a,: boners—G. Kenning, Church-street, Spitalfiehle, silkmar), J en . 12, at ten, it the Court of Commismioners—J. Cooper, sett., Trow, bridge, Wiltshire, clothier, Feb. 9, at twelve, at the White Hatt Inn, Bath—J. Cooper. jnu. Trowbridge, Wiltshire, clothier, Feh. 9; at one, at the White Hart Inn, Bath—N. Hurry and C. H. Jones, Liverpool, merchants, Jan. 24, at two, at the George Inn, Dalez.tureet, Liverpool—N. Hurry, Liverpool, merchant, Jan. 24, at one, at the George Inn, Dale-street, Liverpool—J. Williams, Itlaccleeftald, fleabite, upholsterer, Jan. 17, at one, at the Star Inn, Delmsgatei Itlanchester—N. Warington, High street, South wark, hop-merchant ; Jan. 1 9, at twelve; at 'the Ceti of Com miseioners—J. Wood, Nelson.square,.jeweller, Jan. 12, at eleven, at the. Court of Comtnissionets—W. Bentley, High Holborn, woollen-draper, Jan. 12, at one, at the Court of Commissioners —lt. Notice, Great Trinity-lane, baker, AO, 12, at one, at the Court of t,` commissioners-. Shute, Watford, Hertfordshire, cur gran, Jan. 12, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners--S. Criekitt, R. A, Ctiokitt, and S. H. RIAD, Chelmsford, bankers, Jan. 19, at elsven, at the Court of Commissioners—T. Carlen, Langbourn Chambers, Peneburch-street, coal-faeter, San. 19, at one, at the Court of Commissioners—John Edenborough, T. Chittenden, and T. Bartlett, of Queen-street, Cheap-. side, warehousemen, Jan. 12, at one, at the Court of Commis sioners—A. Sheath, Boston, Esq. (deceased), C. Sheath, Boston, Esq.,, J. Steel, Fiskerton, Lincolnshire, Esq., and J. Wray, Lincoln, Esq., (deceased), bankers, Jan. 19, 20, at ten, at the Saracen's Bead Inn, Lincoln—J. Cooper, sen. and J. Cooper, jun., Trowbridge. Wiltshire, clothiers, linen-drapers, Feb. 9, at eleven, at the White Hart Inn, Bath—T. Hodges, Warehorn, Kent, dealer, (deceased), Jan. 18, 19, at eleven, at the Saracen's Head Inn, Ashford,'Kent—G. Johnson, King Stanley, Glouces tershire, wool-broker, Jan. 12, at eleven, at the Court of Com missioners—J. Cooper and J. Reader, Stroud, Kent. woolstaplers, Dec. 29, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners—W. Pocock, Layton, Essex, cabinet-maker, Jan. 16, at one, at the Court of Commissioners—H. C. Abraham Houndsditch, January 12, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners-- John Shave,' Stonham Avail, Suffolk, grocer, January 26, at ten, at the "litig's Head Inn, Stowmarket, Suffolk—J. Dawkins, Southampton, tailor, Jan. 15, at two, at the Star Inn, Southampton—E. Cordingly, Cheltenham, builder, Jan. 80, at three, at the York Hotel, Cheltenham—T. Garlick, Fleet-market, undertaker, Jan. 12, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners—. W. Leiner, jun., Southampton, printer, Jan. 15, at four, at the Star Inn, Southampton—W. Greenup; sem, of Eecleston, Lan cashire, farmer, Jan. 2'7, at one, at the George Inn, Dale-street, Liverpool—T. Butt, Southampton, shoe-maker, Jan. 15, at twelve, at the Star Inn, Southampton-0, Hedges, Wingrave, Buckinghamshire, butcher, Jan. 16, at ten, at the George Inn, Aylesbury—W. Bell, Fenelturch-street, merchant, Dee. 29, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. CERTIFICATES, J. 12. M. WrefOrd, New Bond-street, milliner—J. Newmarch, Man chester, warehouseman—W. Wilkinson, Holborn Bridge, woollen dreper—A. Fabre, Aldernianbury—J. Wood, Lombard-street, scrivener—W. Hilton, Copeland-street, Lisson-grove, stage master—J. Clarkson, Windmill-street, Finsbury-square,' mer chant—W. and R. Maud, Altdover, Southampton, brewers—p. Allen, Alcester, and J. Smith, Hon Mill, in Haseler, Warwick shire, millers—L. Hill, Fleet -street, jeweller—W. Adkins, Coven try, riband-manufacturer.—S. and W. Lister, and W. Walker, Lawrence-lane, Cheapside, warehousemen_J. and J. Sills, Three Cranes and liambro' Wharfs, Upper Thames -street, merchants and wharfingers—J. Graves, Chiswell-street, auctioneer—J, At kinson, Stockton, worsted-spinner—C. Bland, Greek -street, Soho, mimic-seller—T. Buckland, Billiter-street, ship and insurance broker and merchant—C. W. Clarke, Holborn-hill, druggist. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Graham and Stocks, Tothill-street, pawnbrokers—J. Hick and Co. Heckmondwike, Yorkshire, woollen-manufacturers-1 Bar ker and Co. London, merchants—Bond and Dawson, Wynyatt. street, Clerkenwell, chasers in general—Sanders and Walton, Bed ford, ironmongers—Morley and Co. Hull, merchants--Galloway and Westmorland, Nottingham, lace-net-manufacturers— W. and J. Stancomb, Trowbridge, clothiers—Brabam and Marnall, Manchester, heaters—Eagle and Miles, Strand, hair dressers—R. and R. Nicholson, Lincoln, grocers—Goodrick and Christoe, Ratcliff-highway, linen-drapers—Hutten and Austin, Liverpool, manufacturers of Prussian-blue—White and Middle% Sheer Hulk Wine Vaults, New King-street, Deptford— John and W. Hunt, Cheadle, Cheshire, drapers—Revill and Grayling, Whitechapel-road, oilmen—Wells and Hyde, Boston, Lincolnshire, and Nottingham, drapers—Bennett and Beer, Canterbury, brewers—Jinks and Tye, gilt-toy and black-ornament-maker*—Chaptnati and Co., Saint Thomas Apostle, attornies.L.Owen and Edwards, Great Comm-street, linen-drapers—Wigney and Steel, Delph, Saddleivortli, York, proprietors of post-chaises.—Driver and Dobson, Newmarket, hatters—Spooner, Attwoad, and Co. Gracechurch -street, bank. ers—Fowler and Co. Hanley, Staffordshire, tape-manufacturers— Colbeck and Sharp, Bridge Wharf, Pimlico, stone-masons. SCOTCH - SEQUESTRATIONS Alexander Hedderwick,' Gorbals of Glasgow, brewer, &c. Thomas Kincaid, Port Hopetoun, coal-merchant. , " GAMING IN HIGH LIFE." MR. ELLICE's REPLY TO MR. PRENDERGAST. TO THE EDITOR. Eta,—lf any choke had been left to me, I certainly would have declined becoming a party to the Correspondence which has lately appeared in the Papers, relative to a transaction at pri vate play, now under investigation in the Courts of Justice. I now, however, set Mr. Prendergast right in some circum stances referred to in hie letter in your Paper of the 19th, and add one or two othersi which either eeetn to have escaped hie mar& tion, or not to have - been. considered,by him so material as they appear to me, in the statement he had conceived himself coiled upon to publish. At the suggestion of Mr. Scarlett, and from feelings which it is , almost unnecessary to allude to, I wrote to Mr. Prendergast on the 25th orNov., to communicate to him, for the information of Lord Chtnricarde and his friends, what I understood to he the amount of the opinion of Mr. Gurney and Mr. Chitty, respecting his Lordship's participation in this transaction. I added a postcript to that letter, prohibiting its publication.-- A copy was sent by the same post to Mr. Searlett, to which, by accident, it appears the postleript was omitted. On the receipt of the letter (on the 27th), Mr. Prendergast called upon Mr. Searlett, to consult bin, bow it could be made use of, without infringing the restriction as to publication. After their conference, and on the same day (the 27th,) Mr. Prendergast wrote to me, suggesting seine alteration in till terms of my communication, and requesting I would withdraw the post cript. I answered his letter, and wrote to Mr. Scarlett on the 29th, positively refusing to vary the terms of the original commu nication, or to withdraw the restriction on its publication, stating to both my reasona for this determination. On the 30th Mr. Prendergast informs me, in reply to my se cond letter on the 29t11, that as " I had considerately communi cated the opinions of Mr. Gurney and 114. Chitty to Lord Clan ricarde's legal adviser, without restriction, it exempted him from the necessity of making any further use of my letter, than to au thenticate the correctness of the copy. sent to Mr. Scarlett." Ile repeats this almost in the same words in his letter in your Paper of the 19th. Now, Sir, it may surprise your readers, when I assure them, that the only communication made by me of these opinions to Lord Clanricarde's friends, are the letters I have adverted to. If Mr. Prendergast was of opinion, the copy of the letter of the 25th sent to Mr. Scarlett, and more especially after their conference on comparing the copies, was an unrestricted communi ca ti on , w h y write to me on the 27th , to request I would amend that letter, and withdraw the restriction? He did not, at all events, express suds an opinion To us, till he had received my refusal to accede to his request, and if he previously entertained it, he might have saved me the trouble (and I do assure him all he could save me in this wretched affair would be charity) of the subsequent corres pondence. After these remarks, drawn from me, by what I must call not the over-courteous manner in which Mr. Prendergast has adverted to our correspondence in the papers, I am quite ready to state publicly, what I have before written privately, to Mr, Pren dergast, that I do not blame him for any publication that has ap peared. I did not ask him to disavow being a party to it, be cause I knew he had, on the contrary, done all in his power to prevent- it. , . But, indeed, much more importance is attached to this publi cation by others than by myself. Mr. Scarlet; I believe, from the confidential intercourse that subsisted between us, considered he might exercise some discretion with respect to the copy of my letter of the 25th, in his hands, before an answer could be receiv ed to Mr. Prendergases of the 27th. He gave it to Lord Clanri 'elude, or one of his near connections, and an extract from it was (as I understand) attached to a statement his Lordship thought it expedient to circulate, in vindication of hie conduct. An incor recteopy of this extract has found its way into the Papers, prompted, I have no doubt, by the teal, rather than the discretion, of some of his Lordship's friends. My objection. to the publication of the letter, or any extract from it, were an anxiety that my name should not be mixed up in any way with this transaction—that I was not authorised to give publicity to opinions of Counsel without their permission, or that of their clients, and that I wished no inference to be drawn from my signature to such a document, al to my own opinion of the conduct of any of the individuals unfortunately concerned in the transaction. I will not permit myself to make one remark on the other statements that have been published. The trials now pending will determine the character of the transaction, and thoroughly *rift all the circumstances of grave and singular suspicion imputed to it by Mr. Anltljo. On his statement, with other information as to some of the circumstances contained in it ; and, with some knowledge of his previous conduct and character, I had no heal tetion In concurring in the advice given to him, to resist payment of the money he had lost, and to place the affair in the bands of his legal adviser far investigation ; since which I have neither been consulted upon, nor interfered, directly or indieectly (except as stated in this letter) 'tithe procurelings that have been institu ted, but which, it appears, have been advised and sanctioned by the em i n ent Counsel whose names have been so often referred to. It is scarcely necessary I should add, that 1 have neither been party or privy to any paragraph,, that u letter, or'punlication, as heretofore appeared in the newspaper on this subject. I am, Sir, your most obedient and humble servant, See' Cahani, Dec. 21. EDWARD ELLICE. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCt. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Journal des Debate of Wednesday.) MADRID, DEC. 7.—Yesterday there was a grand draw ing -room, on occasion of the birth-day of the Queen, who has completed her 23d year. The gentlemen were received in the morning at eleven, and the ladies in the evening at six. The crowd was immense on both occasions, but espe cially in the morning. On the same day their Royal High nesses the Infants Don Carlos and Don F. de Paula, went before ten o'clock to the Council Of State, where there was an extraordinary Sitting of about two hours' duration; the two important affairs which now occupy the attention of our Government, were discussed. We mean the pecu niary claims of England, and the complaints of Portugal. The English Government claims above '200,000 millions of reels (about two millions sterling), according to the ac count agreed on in 1825, by the Regency, established and named by his Royal Highness the Duke of Angouleine, to govern the kingdom till the 'deliverance of the King. Not withstanding the representations made to the British Go ver and the . Compte Rendu, add resse d to our Ki ng b y his Commissioners at London, D. Francisco Tacon and D. Jose de Ileredia y Vijines, who are charged with the veri fication of the accounts between Spain and England,and with their liquidatien,England persists in having its whole demand recognised by the Regency, and this claim has already led to serious discussions. The English Minister solicits our Go vernment more and more, and the Notes of the British Cabinet have been for these two months very urgent. His Excellency, Mr. Lamb, did not appear at the Drawings room yesterday. As for the complaints of the Portuguese Government, they relate to the non-fulfilment, by several of our Captiiins-Geoensl, of tlie,Convention agreed on bes tween the two Courts. In fact, the Captains-General of Guadina, Old Castile, and Estremadura, instead of dis arming the Portuguese Refugees and disarming them in the fortresses in the interior of the kingdom, according to the said Convention, and afterwards delivering up to the Portuguese Commissioners the arms, horses, baggage, &c. have left them in possession of all these things, and even given them to those who, had none; have suffered them to remain united near the frontiers, and have disregarded the Convention so far, as to supply them with money,. provisions, and all the resources they might need t o re enter their country in arms '•• in which they have succeed ed, since they have reached Braganza. There was a very animated discussion in the Council, on the measures to be adopted with respect to Portugal. Some Members went so far as to speak infavour of war, but this party did not prevail, the presence of the two august sons of his Ma jesty awed them, and the Council of State resolved on measures of conciliation, of peace, and of satisfaction, to be given to Portugal. f‘ PARIS, DEC. 20.—The' King has granted a private au dience to the Marquis de Moustier. " Letters from Odessa, dated November 28, state as follows : " Many vessels from Constantinople, in thirty hours, have brought us news to a late date ; according to which nothing particular has occurred in that capital. The Sul tan continues the organization of his troops, with all the necessary measures conducive to that object. " Letters from Bucharest, slated November 28, state, that the Chief Secretary of the Marquess de Ribeauperre, appointed to the embassy at Constantinople, was momen tarily expected. The Ambassador himself was expect ed to pass through that place on or about the 18th of December. (From the Quatidienne of Wednesday.) VALADOLID, DEC. 12.—Our communications with the Marquis de Chaves have not been a moment interrupted; the Portuguese peasants serve us in a manner as couriers. The whole province of Tras-os-Montes has now risen against the Constitutional: system, and, according to the inforination Which we have received, the first Royalist troops must now be masters of Atnarante, Cananeyes, and Penafiel, fifteen leagues from Oporto ; hitherto they have . met with no serious opposition from the Constitution- Alias, who fly . or join the •onquerors. 'We hope to lean ) , in two or three days, the surrender of Oporto, unless the English troops should arrive in time to shut the fortress, and defend it against the Royalists, which we do not think. • The enthusiasm continues, and though the Spanish Authorities repress, or endeavour to show that they re press, the sending of arms, ammunition and money, yet the sums collected in the monasteries and among the people, allow every 'day larger remittances of those articles. T'lie peasants of the country of Salinas alone have col lected 10,000 reals, the Bishop has mad e a n app ea l to hi s Clergy, and processions have celebrated the. recent vie torie&of the Marquis do Chaves. The Constitutionalists made no resistance at Braganza : and the subjoined letter, which I have received, may give you an idea of the march of the Marquis; it is from a Portuguese Royalist. " MONTEFORTE, DEC. occupy this post in the mountains, and our advanced troops are near Villa Poy and Lamego. The last is .sn important point of operations, and our Royalists will occupy it in a few days. We are lodged here in a convent, and the good fathers console us for our fatigues. We endure them for the good cause.— ' Don Miguel and the Country for ever !' 'We have not yet met with any red-coats; it is long since they have op pressed our towns and the country. In the eyes of these men ‘ve were a Colony; they must be driven back to the sea. The Moors formerly oceupied our provinces • the Moors have disappeared ; we are s till b rave sons of the Lusitanians. We who have, el; it were, given to the world a New World, had no longer a country. The brave Chaves is still with us. At Braganza, Montalegre was at ourhead: we entered the city without resistance; what Portuguese could resist those who proclaimed their deliverance ? We remember what that General said to us. Children, you are told of independence, but is there any independence with the red coats ?' We march from one fete to another; the peasants arm themselves as Guerillas; their families welcome us; the . convents, the chateaus, and the cott ages , are equally open to u s. In a few d ays shall write to you from Oporto. " A scene, at which I wish you could have been pro. sent, was the reading, in the University of Valladolid, of a letter, written by the Marchioness de Chaves, the He roine of Portugal, -to' our, Bishop, to thank him for the care he has taken of the ,Rbyeiliate. I can hardly expr e s s the enthusiasm of the people there is still here something of that chivalrous character which had its source in the Old Faith, and the remembrance of the country. In my next letter I Shall send you an extremely curious docu ment. It is a consultation of the Lawyers, of the corps of the Clergy of Salamanca, and on the rights of Don Miguel to the Crown of Portugal." (From the Courier Francais. ZANTE, Nov. 17.—W e learn from one of our country.' men, who has come from Egirta, that Ceratasso and the other Greek Chiefs have beaten the troops of the Seras kier, and obliged him wholly to raise the siege of Athens. This person being under quarantine could not give any lons details, but as soon as we have our letter we shall write to you more at length. But little is doing in the Peloponnesiis ; the Arab troops are concentrated in the fortresses. The Egyptian squa dron has not yet made its appearance. (From the Journal de Paris.) VIENNA, DEC. 11 . --..(Private Letter.)--There is still a good deal of activity in the Foreign Office. The events now passing in Portugal seem to be peculiarly an object of itsour Cabinet for the preserva tion it is affirmed, been again t otefa peace tion- in The Europe desire has, of ma nifested in the most unequivocal manner, in dispatches lately sent to London, Lisbon, and Madrid. We also hear Highness on the measures which she of an autograph letter addressed by the Infant Don Mi secure the e t n o t o n f do P p o t rt t i o igal, in whi c h h e eon . gra g hu ue t l tai t ita o otte t i h gs e hht P eir r t in ßo c eo e oesy st als ite: ryg tranquil lity of that kingdom, and to disappoint the prospect of those Portuguese, who are so deluded as to dare to revolt against the Charter granted by his Majesty the Emperor of Brazil. The most perfect undertanding Cabinet and that of London. The British Ambassador, at the Court of Austria, has had for some days past fre quent conferences with Prince Metternich. People are persuaded that these conferences relate to the affairs of Portugal. MADRID. EXTRACT OF A LETTER, DATED DEC. 12. " Since my last, many curious developements have taken place successively and rapidly, which all confirm the accuracy of the calculations I have dared to make for some time past. We are now, I may say, at the close of an experiment, intended, if it had succeeded, to bring us back to what we were a century ago; that is, our leaders have attempted to exclude Spain from the benefit of those ad vances in intellectual knowledge which have distinguished the rest of Europe, under a hope that they would restore the power and influence of the Clergy, as being the best pillar of the State. They have had their way for four years, and the result is, that our unfortunate country has been brought to the utmost verge of ruin and degradation. " To complete a picture of our present state would re quire many more pages than I can now conveniently devote to the subject; but you are already acquainted with the chief instruments employed, and the main-springs set a-going, and this alone will enable you to judge how we have fared, as subjects, ever since you left us. I will, however, tell you what I see and feel, every hour of the day I spend out of my domestic circle. Still I can only touch on the most striking points. "We have here in Spain two distinct Governments at the present moment, and, indeed, for some time past.— Both are absolute, alike ambitious, end equally immoral. The one is visible, and wears all the shew and parade of dignity, and is supported—nay, managed, by the Cabinet of the Thuilleries. The other is secret—its movements and deliberations are all behind the curtain, or rather noc turual, and it is usually known as the Apostolic Junta. Willa the one does by day, the other undoes, or counter acts, by night. .The first founds its strength on foreign support—on the avarice of its agents (a term including all the public functionaries) as well as on the character of our Ruler, who has a different face for every one he has any business to transact with. The second is more powerful, because it is more national, and wields the largest portion of wealth. It has, besides, on its side the whole weight of fanaticism, and this is an immense counterpoise in such a country as Spain. " The King, alternately used as a tool by each of these parties, in the manner that best suits its particular views and interests, incapable of resisting either of them, and destitute of resolution to side wholly with either—appears to the public eye in no other light than a weak, pusillani mous, anti evil•minded Monarch. His only pastime and relaxation seems to be, smoking cigars and carrying on in trigues and amours which disgrace him. What the resi dent Ambassadors have obtained from him, in the way of remonstrance and threat, his women, and the Friars force him to desist from, often before the succesful Plenipo has descended the staircase. The whole routine of the palace business is managed by machinery ; and there is scarcely an inmate who is not in the service of the Clergy.— Scaecely . does the King conceive, or give utterance to a thought, that is not conveyed for deliberation to those posted to watch his conduct. " So powerful and completely organized are these Apos tolicals, that, aided and advised by the Jesuits of France, they go on with a bold and measured pace, bidding defi ance to their enemies. If they meet with obstacles, it is the King and his Ministers whom they get to remove them, whilst their own interference is kept out of eight. If at first they do not succeed, their efforts are redoubled, ad ditional instruments are employed; and, in the long run, they are sure of a trittmph. Extraordinary aid, when re quired, is obtained from the Vatican or Paris ; and if wheedling must be resorted to, one of the Portuguese Prin. ceases can always be relied upon. A plan so fixed and well organized—such extensive communications, regularly kept up—such a general un if orm it y i n act i on and language, can clearly be traced to one common centre; the chief ob ject of which is, to destroy liberal principles wherever they arc to be found; and, if it were possible to judge cor rectly from appearances, these same bigots would gladly see both England and Ireland swallowed up by the ocean, for they consider the- power of the British Government and genius of the people as the chief obstacle to the attain ment of their wishes. The eagerness with which failures, mercantile distress, commotions in Ireland, and such other temporary misfortunes, occurring in Great Britain, have been copied into the public prints here, indicates what they have at heart. Death to England and freedom' is their favouritecry, and the orgies and revels intended to give impulse to similar sentiments are heard within the walls of the King's kitchen as often as they are in the cloisters of the monks. Where violence is ineffectual, sagacity is resorted to, and employ ed to corrupt and undermine. Portugal has long been the theatre of extensive combinations, and their object is equally against the Constitution and British interests. Every confessional throughout the country is a trap to catch the unwary, or; rather, a recruiting shop to enlist pe nitents into the service. What persuasions cannot do, anathemas are sure to perform. Thus the work is con tinually going on, and fresh links are daily added to this powerful chain. " The Government, called Royal, sustains an unequal struggle with the unwieldy force above described. The foreign Cabinet that directs it has also to fight against the power of the Congregatio,nists. The public functionaries do no not know how to act, they have so many masters, and are swayed by such conflicting interests. What one does another destroys ; and if anything appears to wear the semblance of consistency and stability, it is what proceeds from the triumphs of the Apostolicals, or the combinations of their organ—the Minister, Moustier. Certainly this zealous partisan is on the road to canonization ; and if the Apostolicals gain the day, we may expect to see his image adorning some of the vacant niches in our churches, with tapers burning before it. They already say there is some thing talismanic in his name, for it has been discovered by our cowled scholars, that moustier, in old French, means a church. " The whole of the movement against Portugal was concerted by the Apostolicals, and the chief expence borne by Oem—nay all, except a sum of francs, which bad a French origin. If a crusade could have been formed to convulse Ireland, they would even have paid with greater readiness. There is, however, too much sa lt wa ter be tween them ; but in heir eager moments they rejoiced at it etill being in their power to attack England in the neighbourhood, although in a less vulnerable quarter. The first successes of the Portuguese rebels had really intoxi cated them, but they have been a little shaken out of their mad fit by the strong remonstrances of the British Ambas sador, who has literally denounced war as the result. This has put a pause to their revels, because they have seen that the King's nerves are shaken--that he al ready totters on his throne, and trembles, not so much for the external injury that awaits him, as the whirlwind his enemies m a y conjure up within his realm, possibly to sweep him and his whole family away. In this momen tous conflict with every thing at stake deliberation is the order of the day, and the Cabinet Councils sit without intermission. The British Minister tells his Majesty, that the Cabinets o f S t . James's and Lisbon will h ave satisfaction, and ampl e too. The British En voy a l so tells him, that he must pay his old debts, make amen ds for spoliations, and give guarantees, so as to prevent further aggressions on the territory of an Ally. This, all this, must he do ; or else the islands o f C u b a , Mi norca, Majorca, Puerto Rico, &c. will be taken as p aw ns, and ie trident of Neptune hurled at hi s head. " Ferdinand was always considered a coward at heart, and obsequious to a degree. When pressed by danger, it is well-known he has always been ready to do, sign, or say any thing. He is famed for deserting his old friends, nay, sacrificing them afterwards, if it could serve his immediate en d s . He has explained his trying situation to the Apos tolicals, who have brought him into the dilemma, and can didly asked them whether they can find means to contend against the storm gathering round him. They have not yet given a final answer, and it is thought by same that they are temporising, or else trying to back out. Some* times they are cunning enough to give in, at others to ca pitulate for the time being, in order to reorganise their plans and seek a better . opportunity. They will eve* allow some of their leaders to be sacrificed, in order to sr pease British anger; but if concessions are to be node , they will agree to anything, savelthe following To disarm the Royalist Militia; 2d, Measures of reprisal against the Apostolic Junta, or any of its members The punishment of the implicated Authorities on the Iron' tiers; 4th, Amnesty in favour of the Liberals; .stb, Indemnity in money (that is to say, they do not care for promises), to either Portugal or England, for injuries done since the IVEguelite invasion, &c. These and a few other conditions are to be carefully avoided, and, in short, the King is to get out of the scrape in his usu al way, by making great promises without the inte ntion 0( performing them. If the atonement is exorbita nt, they have distinctly said that they will prefer war, miff this is inevitable, they hare pledged to find means to curry it Ono as long as their interests are consulted—they will leave tkr, rest to Heaven. A few days will now shew the result —u -the Portuguese Refugees take Oporto, the demands of the Apostolicals will rise. As an additional proof of the wicked character and evil genius of the Madrid Government, I will mention the following facts ;—For nearly the last three yore, have been carrying on against those who raised the COI' stitutional standard, as well as against all their rutin", and abettors. These suits implicate almost every the and enlightened family in Spain, and more particularly useful class of merchants. Investigaticnis, by cart load s, have been made on this subject, yet the suits seem ed in terminable ; and in the mean while, those who were not lucky enough to get away, have been confined in dungeons, and otherwise ill-treated according to the supposed sh ale they had in the political events of Friday. The Foreign Ministers have often privately remonstrate d at these delays; they have ventured speak in behalf of in dividuals, under a hope of their being again rest ore ? to the breathing air; yet the time never came, al though frequent pr o mises were made to them. The di! ficulties of answenng the ends of justice , i n such comph cated causes, was the excuse uniformly given for these re volting delays. At length, a Royal Order has suddenly overcome all the difliculties—an order secretly the Apostolicals from the King, in an unguarded moment' perhaps, it may be said—but, in my opinion, entirely or sonant with his own wishes. This order was re,cenuY addressed to the Judges at Seville, and by it they wer e commanded to pass sentence in the causes before them , immediately and rigorously, and without waiting for an h Y obtained by further evidence. The Order concludes—' Such forts will of the King.' It was done. A list of thirty or tort , : persons, most known, and consequently most impliesieno was made out, and they were all condemned to the in the occurrences which led to the Revolution in 182 r ole, or strangling by a screw ; and among t h e m are Qui rt l f :i San Miguel, Mendizabal, Galiano, Gamboa, Reeon','„',4- many others, fortunately beyond the reach of these ilrt; e tical_ butchers. Confiscation of property follows. equal to 500 more are expected out soon. • . •is P.S.—I forgot to add, that the greatest artili,,lt) displayed in the armament and organizatiotrof the ( I “, ) , Y r - y Militia. In two months it is expected 120,00° and 15,000 horse will be ready, and they are traini),g t— e . on the same plan as the troops of the line. The hest L cruiting sergeants are the monks. On this force gnd the Revenues of the Church, pledged for one year' i n to Apostolicals rely for success, in case they ar e forced the war." PRICES OF STOCKS Till Bank Stock ....... 3 pet Cent. 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Ar veda Hamburg ........... 0 • H011and ........... 0 Jarnaitrd I slands ... 0 O • Lisbon ............... u Malts 1 Wye HIGH WAlT2EmainuAtetTafterLONl,D.OlNEmßlilin,ll!.(l...E.. ro___,__,_T°-"diglilft°4lolV.9. - .. - . +. .• \ , lit ) it ___ ._,,.......- LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DEC. 23, 1826' stance yesterday, =--------... No communication from the French capital - üb later date than that of which we published the s ceived in regular course all the papers of Wed° 6ldel ' has yet reached us ; but to love re from which we have inserted several extracts ill $ p re ; ceding column. Amongst these will be found 0e from the Quotidienne, containing a letter fro n t h e head-quarters of the Royalist forces, at M at I) the sth instant, hy which it appears, that their 411 ' is but 6 vanced guard was then at Lainego, which , sh Thei from Oporto. ac counts from Vienna in these clown to the 11th Dec. The Govermnent are refs; stinted as being most desirous for the preservation 01 peace ; various conferences between our Ainbassadoir and Prince METTERNICII had taken place, 1 410 were supposed to relate to the a ff airs of Portugal!. although at that time, of course, the determination 01 papers, au* I